1. serving to justify or provide justification for something
Usage: formal

Examples

• The defendant’s lawyer presented several justificatory arguments for his client’s actions.
• Her justificatory tone suggested she felt the need to defend her decision.
• The report included justificatory evidence supporting the new policy.
• His justificatory remarks failed to convince the committee.
• The company issued a justificatory statement explaining the layoffs.
• She wrote a justificatory letter to explain her absence from work.